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> you can be so much more productive with more modern tools these days. I'm more productive and make much better-looking documents with emacs+xetex than with W
by ramchip 16y ago
> you can be so much more productive with more modern tools these days.
I'm more productive and make much better-looking documents with emacs+xetex than with Word. YMMV.
- pyre 16y agoMaybe he considers emacs part of 'modern tools'?
- aerique 16y agoI'd rephrase it and say: "You can be much more productive with mature tools.". Which Emacs and vi, ofcourse, are.
- pyre 16y agoIs 'vi' mature? Or are you talking about Vim? vi has been around a long time, but the functionality is rather limited compared to Vim. When was the last development on vanilla vi (not Vim in compatibility mode)? [ keep in mind that 'mature' != 'old' ]
- aerique 16y agoI meant Vim, sorry.
- pyre 16y agoI was probably being a little pedantic, but 'vi' can mean: - The original 'vi' editor - The entire 'vi collection.' By that I mean vi + clones (i.e. vi, vim, elvis, etc). - The Vim editor (being the most popular vi clone) I'm never sure which people mean (though they usually just mean Vim), and I've come across many people that are confused (especially if they aren't too familiar with the Unix/Linux ecosystem and/or are Emacs users) but the inter-changeable usage of terms.